Improvement in self-acting spinning-mules



A PAUL. Self-Acting Spinning Mules,

No. 135,008, PatentedJan-ZLIBN.

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AM. PHOTO-LITIMGRAHIIC 0a (mu/m; moons) UNITED STATES RC -BA D PAUL, OFCOHOES, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO CAMPBELL 82; GLUTE,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SELF-ACTING SPlNNlNG-MULES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,0Qb8. dated January21, 1873.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARQHIBALD PAUL, of Cohoes, in the county of Albanyand State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Jacks and Mules for Spinning, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawing.

The principal object of my invention is to enable a person to stop themule or jack and to start it when the person shall be at widely separatepoints along the spindle-carriage, and when the carriage shall be at anypoint in its to-and-fro movements or at either end thereof.

The principal distinguishing feature of my invention is a movable rod orcord, or any equivalent therefor, extended lengthwise along and upon thespindle-carriage of a mule or jack for spinning, and furnishedwithadevice which traverses to and fro with the carriage along a movablerod or any equivalent therefor, which is detached from the carriage andarranged parallel or nearly so to the direction of the toand-fromovements of the latter, and which, by its movements, controls theaction of a beltshipper or other device by which the jack or mule isstopped and started, all in such manner that by moving the said rod orits equivalent, that is extended on the carriage, the said rod or itsequivalent that is arranged parallel or nearly so to the movements ofthe carriage will be moved so as to cause the stopping and the startingof the Whole machine when the carriage is at any point in its to-andfromovements.

In the drawing, Figure l is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 is a brokenplan of some parts of a self-acting spinning-jack which embodies myinvention; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation on a larger scale, andsection, at or about the line a z in Figs. 1 and 2, of a part of thesame machine. Fig. 4 is a front elevation and section of a modified partof my invention.

Like parts are marked by like letters in the different figures, and thearrows therein indicate the directions in which the adjacent parts move.

Aindicates part of the stationary frame- Work of the machine. B is thespindlecarriage. G is a movable rod extended lengthwise upon and along alarge part or the whole of the length of the carriage. rods arrangedparallel or nearly so to the course of the to-and-fro movements of thecarriage, and mounted so as to be movable to and fro sidewise on a rod,6, as a center or axis. The rod 0 is furnished with a pin, fork, ordevice, j, which traverses with the carriage to and fro along the rod orrods D. In Figs. 1., 2, and 3 the rod 0 is movable to and fro endwise onthe carriage B, and such endwise movement of the rod 0 will, by means ofthe fork f, move the rod D to and fro sidewise, whatever may be theposition of the carriage in its to-andfro movements. In Fig. 4. the rod.0 is not movable endwise on the carriage; but can be rocked or turnedback and forth on its own axis, and in that case the crank-pin f, Fig.4,

is fast on the rod 0, and is between the parallel rods D so that theturning of the rod 0 back and forth will move the rods D to and frosidewise whatever shall be the position of the carriage. The mule orjack is to be furnished with the ordinary or any suitable beltshipper ordevice for stopping and starting the machine, and such stopping andstarting de vice is to be so connected with the rod or rods D by a rod,g, and lever k, or by any suitable means, that the to-and-fro movementsof the rod or rods D shall controlthe action of the said stopping andstarting device.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the construction is such that the attendant can atonce stop the operation of the machine with the carriage at any pointWhatever in its to-and-fro movement, or

at either end thereof, by simply moving the.

rod 0 endwise, so as to thereby move the rod D sufficiently sidewise tocause it to make the belt-shipper or its equivalent throw off thedriving power; and in that case the attendant can start the machine intooperation wherever the carriage may be by simply moving the rod 0endwise in the opposite direction so as to thereby move back the rod Dsidewise far enough to cause it to make the belt-shipper, or itsequivalent, shift the driving power onto the machine. With theconstruction shown in Fig. 4 the attendant stops and starts the machinewhen the carriage is at any part of its to-and-fro movement by simplyturning the rod 0 back and forth on its own axis.

In carrying out my invention an endless or D represents a rod ortightly-drawn wire or cord movable to and fro equivalent therefor, canbe variously mounted and constructed in one piece or in two or moreseparately movable parts, and may be arranged at either end of, or underor over, the carriage, and may be connected with the extended movablerod or its equivalent on the carriage, and with the belt-shipper, or itsequivalent, by means of any suitable device or devices.

I believe that in some spinning-mules a movable rod has been extendedlengthwise along and upon the carriage, and so combined with otherdevices that by the movement of the said rod on the carriage the wholemachine would be stopped, but only at the end of the diately cause themachine to stop, as, above described, whatever may be the position ofthe carriage in respect to its to-and-fro movements.

What I claim as my invention is- In a mule or jack for spinning, themovable rod, or its equivalent, arranged lengthwiseon the carriage andfurnished with a device which traverses to and fro with the carriagealong the movable rod or rods, or any equivalent therefor, which controlthe action of the belt-shipper or device by which the machine is stoppedand started, when the whole is so constructed that the movements of thesaid rod, or its equivalent, on the carriage shall cause the stoppingand the starting of the mule or jack when the carriage is at anypointwhatever in its to-and-fro movements, substantially as described.

- AROHIBALD PAUL.- Witnesses:

HARVEY OLU'rE, AUSTIN F. PARK.

